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# Create draft Article

> Creates a new Article draft that can later be published.



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /2/articles/draft
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: X API v2 available endpoints
  version: '2.166'
  title: X API v2
  termsOfService: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy.html
  contact:
    name: X Developers
    url: https://developer.x.com/
  license:
    name: X Developer Agreement and Policy
    url: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement-and-policy.html
servers:
  - description: X API
    url: https://api.x.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Account Activity
    description: Endpoints relating to retrieving, managing AAA subscriptions
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: >-
        https://docs.x.com/x-api/enterprise-gnip-2.0/fundamentals/account-activity
  - name: Articles
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, creating & modifying Articles
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.x.com/en/docs/twitter-api/tweets/lookup
  - name: Bookmarks
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, managing bookmarks of a user
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/bookmarks
  - name: Compliance
    description: Endpoints related to keeping X data in your systems compliant
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: >-
        https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/compliance/batch-tweet/introduction
  - name: Connections
    description: Endpoints related to streaming connections
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.x.com/en/docs/x-api/connections
  - name: Direct Messages
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, managing Direct Messages
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/direct-messages
  - name: General
    description: Miscellaneous endpoints for general API functionality
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api
  - name: Lists
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, managing Lists
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/lists
  - name: Marketplace
    description: Endpoints related to marketplace handles
    externalDocs:
      description: Handle marketplace availability
      url: https://docs.x.com/x-api/marketplace/handles/availability
  - name: Media
    description: Endpoints related to Media
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.x.com
  - name: MediaUpload
    description: Endpoints related to uploading Media
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.x.com
  - name: News
    description: Endpoint for retrieving news stories
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/news
  - name: Spaces
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, managing Spaces
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/spaces
  - name: Stream
    description: Endpoints related to streaming
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.x.com
  - name: Tweets
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, searching, and modifying Tweets
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/tweets/lookup
  - name: Users
    description: Endpoints related to retrieving, managing relationships of Users
    externalDocs:
      description: Find out more
      url: https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/users/lookup
paths:
  /2/articles/draft:
    post:
      tags:
        - Articles
      summary: Create draft Article
      description: Creates a new Article draft that can later be published.
      operationId: articleCreateDraft
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArticleDraftCreateRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArticleDraftCreateResponse'
        default:
          description: The request has failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
      security:
        - OAuth2UserToken:
            - tweet.write
        - UserToken: []
components:
  schemas:
    ArticleDraftCreateRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - title
        - content_state
      properties:
        content_state:
          type: object
          description: DraftJS content state representing the article body.
          required:
            - blocks
            - entities
          properties:
            blocks:
              type: array
              description: The text blocks that make up the article body.
              items:
                type: object
                description: A DraftJS content block.
                required:
                  - text
                  - type
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    description: >-
                      Block-level metadata for mentions, hashtags, cashtags, and
                      URLs.
                    properties:
                      cashtags:
                        type: array
                        description: Cashtag spans in this block.
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                            - from_index
                            - to_index
                            - text
                          properties:
                            from_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: Start index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                            text:
                              type: string
                              description: The tagged text.
                            to_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: End index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                          additionalProperties: false
                      hashtags:
                        type: array
                        description: Hashtag spans in this block.
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                            - from_index
                            - to_index
                            - text
                          properties:
                            from_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: Start index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                            text:
                              type: string
                              description: The tagged text.
                            to_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: End index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                          additionalProperties: false
                      mentions:
                        type: array
                        description: Mention spans in this block.
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                            - from_index
                            - to_index
                            - text
                          properties:
                            from_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: Start index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                            text:
                              type: string
                              description: The tagged text.
                            to_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: End index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                          additionalProperties: false
                      urls:
                        type: array
                        description: URL spans in this block.
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                            - from_index
                            - to_index
                            - text
                          properties:
                            from_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: Start index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                            text:
                              type: string
                              description: The tagged text.
                            to_index:
                              type: integer
                              description: End index of the tagged span.
                              minimum: 0
                          additionalProperties: false
                    additionalProperties: false
                  entity_ranges:
                    type: array
                    description: References to entries in entities.
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                        - key
                        - offset
                        - length
                      properties:
                        key:
                          type: integer
                          description: Index into the entities array.
                          minimum: 0
                        length:
                          type: integer
                          description: Length of the entity range.
                          minimum: 0
                        offset:
                          type: integer
                          description: Start offset in the text.
                          minimum: 0
                      additionalProperties: false
                  inline_style_ranges:
                    type: array
                    description: Inline formatting ranges.
                    items:
                      type: object
                      required:
                        - offset
                        - length
                        - style
                      properties:
                        length:
                          type: integer
                          description: Length of the styled range.
                          minimum: 0
                        offset:
                          type: integer
                          description: Start offset in the text.
                          minimum: 0
                        style:
                          type: string
                          description: The inline style.
                          enum:
                            - bold
                            - italic
                            - strikethrough
                      additionalProperties: false
                  key:
                    type: string
                    description: Optional block key.
                  text:
                    type: string
                    description: The text content of this block.
                  type:
                    type: string
                    description: The block type.
                    enum:
                      - unstyled
                      - header-one
                      - header-two
                      - header-three
                      - unordered-list-item
                      - ordered-list-item
                      - blockquote
                      - atomic
                additionalProperties: false
            entities:
              type: array
              description: >-
                Non-text entities referenced by blocks (links, embedded posts,
                images).
              items:
                type: object
                required:
                  - key
                  - value
                properties:
                  key:
                    type: string
                    description: The entity key referenced by entity_ranges.
                  value:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - type
                      - mutability
                      - data
                    properties:
                      data:
                        type: object
                        description: Entity payload. Fields depend on the entity type.
                        properties:
                          caption:
                            type: string
                            description: Caption text.
                          entity_key:
                            type: string
                            description: Opaque entity key.
                          markdown:
                            type: string
                            description: Markdown content.
                          media_items:
                            type: array
                            description: Media keys. Used with type image.
                            items:
                              type: object
                              description: >-
                                A reference to uploaded media, identified by
                                category and ID.
                              required:
                                - media_category
                                - media_id
                              properties:
                                media_category:
                                  type: string
                                  description: The media category (e.g., TWEET_IMAGE).
                                media_id:
                                  type: string
                                  description: The media ID from the media upload endpoint.
                              additionalProperties: false
                          post_id:
                            type: string
                            description: The ID of the post to embed. Used with type post.
                          url:
                            type: string
                            description: The URL. Used with type link.
                        additionalProperties: false
                      mutability:
                        type: string
                        description: Whether the entity can be edited.
                        enum:
                          - immutable
                          - mutable
                          - segmented
                      type:
                        type: string
                        description: The entity type.
                        enum:
                          - post
                          - link
                          - image
                    additionalProperties: false
                additionalProperties: false
          additionalProperties: false
        cover_media:
          type: object
          description: A reference to uploaded media, identified by category and ID.
          required:
            - media_category
            - media_id
          properties:
            media_category:
              type: string
              description: The media category (e.g., TWEET_IMAGE).
            media_id:
              type: string
              description: The media ID from the media upload endpoint.
          additionalProperties: false
        title:
          type: string
          description: The title of the article.
          minLength: 1
      additionalProperties: false
    ArticleDraftCreateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          description: The newly created draft Article.
          required:
            - id
            - title
          properties:
            id:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArticleId'
            title:
              type: string
              description: The title of the draft Article.
        errors:
          type: array
          minItems: 1
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
    Problem:
      type: object
      description: >-
        An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807
        (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).
      required:
        - type
        - title
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
      discriminator:
        propertyName: type
        mapping:
          about:blank:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GenericProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/client-disconnected:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClientDisconnectedProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/client-forbidden:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClientForbiddenProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/conflict:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/disallowed-resource:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisallowedResourceProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/duplicate-rules:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DuplicateRuleProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/invalid-request:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRequestProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/invalid-rules:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InvalidRuleProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/noncompliant-rules:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NonCompliantRulesProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-field:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldUnauthorizedProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/not-authorized-for-resource:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceUnauthorizedProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/operational-disconnect:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationalDisconnectProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-not-found:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceNotFoundProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/resource-unavailable:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceUnavailableProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/rule-cap:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RulesCapProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/streaming-connection:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectionExceptionProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/unsupported-authentication:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnsupportedAuthenticationProblem'
          https://api.twitter.com/2/problems/usage-capped:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageCapExceededProblem'
    ArticleId:
      type: string
      description: The unique identifier of this Article.
      pattern: ^[0-9]{1,19}$
      example: '1146654567674912769'
    GenericProblem:
      description: >-
        A generic problem with no additional information beyond that provided by
        the HTTP status code.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    ClientDisconnectedProblem:
      description: Your client has gone away.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    ClientForbiddenProblem:
      description: >-
        A problem that indicates your client is forbidden from making this
        request.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          properties:
            reason:
              type: string
              enum:
                - official-client-forbidden
                - client-not-enrolled
            registration_url:
              type: string
              format: uri
    ConflictProblem:
      description: You cannot create a new job if one is already in progress.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    DisallowedResourceProblem:
      description: >-
        A problem that indicates that the resource requested violates the
        precepts of this API.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          required:
            - resource_id
            - resource_type
            - section
          properties:
            resource_id:
              type: string
            resource_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - user
                - tweet
                - media
                - list
                - space
            section:
              type: string
              enum:
                - data
                - includes
    DuplicateRuleProblem:
      description: The rule you have submitted is a duplicate.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            value:
              type: string
    InvalidRequestProblem:
      description: A problem that indicates this request is invalid.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          properties:
            errors:
              type: array
              minItems: 1
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  parameters:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
    InvalidRuleProblem:
      description: The rule you have submitted is invalid.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    NonCompliantRulesProblem:
      description: A problem that indicates the user's rule set is not compliant.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    FieldUnauthorizedProblem:
      description: >-
        A problem that indicates that you are not allowed to see a particular
        field on a Tweet, User, etc.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          required:
            - resource_type
            - field
            - section
          properties:
            field:
              type: string
            resource_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - user
                - tweet
                - media
                - list
                - space
            section:
              type: string
              enum:
                - data
                - includes
    ResourceUnauthorizedProblem:
      description: >-
        A problem that indicates you are not allowed to see a particular Tweet,
        User, etc.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          required:
            - value
            - resource_id
            - resource_type
            - section
            - parameter
          properties:
            parameter:
              type: string
            resource_id:
              type: string
            resource_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - user
                - tweet
                - media
                - list
                - space
            section:
              type: string
              enum:
                - data
                - includes
            value:
              type: string
    OperationalDisconnectProblem:
      description: You have been disconnected for operational reasons.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          properties:
            disconnect_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - OperationalDisconnect
                - UpstreamOperationalDisconnect
                - ForceDisconnect
                - UpstreamUncleanDisconnect
                - SlowReader
                - InternalError
                - ClientApplicationStateDegraded
                - InvalidRules
    ResourceNotFoundProblem:
      description: A problem that indicates that a given Tweet, User, etc. does not exist.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          required:
            - parameter
            - value
            - resource_id
            - resource_type
          properties:
            parameter:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            resource_id:
              type: string
            resource_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - user
                - tweet
                - media
                - list
                - space
                - place
                - poll
            value:
              type: string
              description: Value will match the schema of the field.
    ResourceUnavailableProblem:
      description: >-
        A problem that indicates a particular Tweet, User, etc. is not available
        to you.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          required:
            - parameter
            - resource_id
            - resource_type
          properties:
            parameter:
              type: string
              minLength: 1
            resource_id:
              type: string
            resource_type:
              type: string
              enum:
                - user
                - tweet
                - media
                - list
                - space
    RulesCapProblem:
      description: You have exceeded the maximum number of rules.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    ConnectionExceptionProblem:
      description: A problem that indicates something is wrong with the connection.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          properties:
            connection_issue:
              type: string
              enum:
                - TooManyConnections
                - ProvisioningSubscription
                - RuleConfigurationIssue
                - RulesInvalidIssue
    UnsupportedAuthenticationProblem:
      description: A problem that indicates that the authentication used is not supported.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    UsageCapExceededProblem:
      description: A problem that indicates that a usage cap has been exceeded.
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
        - type: object
          properties:
            period:
              type: string
              enum:
                - Daily
                - Monthly
            scope:
              type: string
              enum:
                - Account
                - Product
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2UserToken:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            block.read: View accounts you have blocked.
            bookmark.read: Read your bookmarked Posts.
            bookmark.write: Create and delete your bookmarks.
            dm.read: Read all your Direct Messages.
            dm.write: Send and manage your Direct Messages.
            follows.read: View accounts you follow and accounts following you.
            follows.write: Follow and unfollow accounts on your behalf.
            like.read: View Posts you have liked and likes you can see.
            like.write: Like and unlike Posts on your behalf.
            list.read: >-
              View Lists, members, and followers of Lists you created or are a
              member of, including private Lists.
            list.write: Create and manage Lists on your behalf.
            media.write: Upload media, such as photos and videos, on your behalf.
            mute.read: View accounts you have muted.
            mute.write: Mute and unmute accounts on your behalf.
            offline.access: Request a refresh token for the app.
            space.read: View all Spaces you have access to.
            timeline.read: >-
              View all Custom Timelines you can see, including public Custom
              Timelines from other developers.
            tweet.moderate.write: Hide and unhide replies to your Posts.
            tweet.read: >-
              View all Posts you can see, including those from protected
              accounts.
            tweet.write: Post and repost on your behalf.
            users.read: View any account you can see, including protected accounts.
    UserToken:
      type: http
      scheme: OAuth

````